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The following is a list of the villains who have appeared in the Batman animated series, The Batman, their background in the show, and their likely inspirations.

Various villains who have appeared on The Batman. From left to right are: the Riddler, Bane, Poison Ivy, a Riddleman, Black Mask, Man-Bat, Mr. Freeze, Temblor, Spellbinder, Firefly, Ragdoll, Killer Croc, the Joker, Harley Quinn (visible behind the Joker), Henchman, the Penguin, the Kabuki Twins, and Cluemaster as seen in Rumors.


Table of contents

Bane • Black Mask • Blaze • Catwoman • Ethan Bennett • Basil Karlo • The Cluemaster • Count Vertigo • D.A.V.E. • Dracula • Everywhere Man • Firefly • Francis Grey • Gearhead • Harley Quinn • Hideto Katsu • Dr. Hugo Strange • The Joining • The Joker • Joker 2.0 • The Kabuki Twins • Killer Croc • Killer Moth • Lex Luthor • Man-Bat • Marty • Mercy Graves • Maxie Zeus • Metallo • The Mirror Master • Mr. Freeze • Number One • The Penguin • Poison Ivy • Prank • Punch & Judy • Ragdoll • Rhino & Mugsy • The Riddlemen • The Riddler • Rumor * Rupert Thorne * The Shadow Thief * Sinestro * Smoke * Solomon Grundy * Spellbinder * Temblor * The Terrible Trio * Tony Zucco *The Toymaker *Toyman * The Ventriloquist & Scarface * Wrath & Scorn

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Bane

Real name: Unknown.

Bane is said to have undergone experiments in the Amazon using a poison called "venom" that enhanced his strength to superhuman levels. In the episode Team Penguin, Bane was defeated by both Batman and his newly-constructed "Bat-Bot" while attempting to rob a bank. He was invited to join the Penguin's "Injustice Team."

Appearances

  • Traction
  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors
  • The Batman/Superman Story Part One

Cameo-appearance

  • The Joining Part One

Black Mask

Real name: Roman Sionis.

Black Mask is a powerful crime boss with a vast organization of henchmen, including Number One. In his first encounter with the Batman, he holds Gotham City to ransom using a stolen shock-wave-generator. He is captured by the G.C.P.D. and later by Robin and Batgirl, but is freed by his henchmen before finally being recaptured. In later appearances, he is accidentally frozen by Mr. Freeze and sent to Arkham Asylum ("Rumors"); hired by Lex Luthor to help bring down Superman, first by aiding Basil Karlo to kidnap Lois Lane, and later weakening Superman using a weapon that emits red sun radiation ("The Batman/Superman Story"). In his final appearance, Black Mask teams up with the Shadow Thief to rob a gem depository, but the pair are defeated by Hawkman and Batman ("What Goes Up").

Appearances

  • The Breakout
  • Rumors
  • The Batman/Superman Story Part One
  • What Goes Up

Blaze

Real name: Dr. Jane Blazedale.

A nuclear physicist at Gotham University, Dr. Jane Blazedale was fired when the university deemed her experiments unsafe. She became romantically involved with Garfield Lynns, the criminal Firefly, and helped him as "Blaze". Together they stole a Phosphorus isotope which she planned to use to upgrade Firefly's equipment, but it accidentally exploded, transforming Firefly into a lava-like being; he renamed himself "Phosphorus". Blaze tried to reason with Phosphorus, but was forced to team up with Batman, Batgirl, and Robin to stop him causing a meltdown at the Gotham Nuclear Power Plant. She was arrested afterwards, but visited Phosphorus in Arkham Asylum to tell him their relationship was over.

Appearances

  • White Heat

Catwoman

Real name: Selina Kyle.

Catwoman is Gotham City's greatest cat-burglar. Agile, smart, charming and tough, Catwoman develops a love/hate relationship with Batman, often working with him when it suits her plans - usually when she is in conflict with another villain - but such alliances are always temporary. She is a capable opponent, often matching Batman in combat and escaping capture. She first meets the Batman when she attempts to steal from yakuza boss Hideto Katsu; in their first fight she steals Batman's utility belt, but later returns it when they team up to fight Katsu's ninja henchmen. ("The Cat & The Bat") She later forms an alliance with the Penguin, but he betrays her and she temporarily works with Batman to bring him down. She eventually switches sides again to avoid capture, escaping with the Penguin. ("The Cat, The Bat, and the Very Ugly") She has also fought with Ragdoll ("Ragdolls To Riches") and the Joker ("The Laughing Cats"). She is one of the villains captured by the vigilante "Rumor", caught in the middle of an art museum heist thanks to intervention by the Penguin. ("Rumors")

Appearances

  • The Cat and the Bat
  • The Cat, The Bat, and the Very Ugly
  • Ragdolls to Riches
  • The Laughing Cats
  • Rumors

Clayface

There have been two villains by the name of Clayface in The Batman:

Real name: Ethan Bennett.

Detective Ethan Bennett worked with the G.C.P.D. He is a supporter of Batman, a stance that put him at odds with his partner Detective Ellen Yin and Chief Rojas, who declared Batman an illegal vigilante. He is also Bruce Wayne's closest friend, to the point where Bruce decides to reveal his identity as Batman to Ethan. Before he can do so, Rojas orders Bennett and Yin to crack down on Batman, and the Joker captures Ethan. He is rescued by Batman, but during his capture Ethan inhales fumes from the Joker's "Joker Putty", mutating him into a creature able to mould his features and body like clay. Driven partly insane by the Joker's torture and the revulsion of those who see him in his new form, Ethan becomes the villain "Clayface", and attacks Chief Rojas. He eventually escapes, having learned to shape himself into his original body. (The Rubberface of Comedy/The Clayface of Tragedy) He eventually resurfaces, foiling one of the Joker's plans and surrendering to police. Bruce has been working on a cure to Ethan's condition, though Ethan is reluctant to give up his powers. He convinces Batman to trust him when he escapes jail to fight the new Clayface, Basil Karlo, and is eventually cured by Bruce's antidote. (Clayfaces)

Appearances

  • The Rubberface of Comedy (Part 1)
  • The Clayface of Tragedy (Part 2)
  • Clayfaces

Basil Karlo

Real name: Basil Karlo

Basil Karlo is a third-rate actor. When he's rejected for a dog food commercial for "not having the right look", Basil finds out about Waynetech's research into Clayface, and steals the "Clayface-formula" from their labs. He drinks it and gains shape-shifting abilities, but when he is again rejected for the commercial, he attacks the audition panel and becomes a wanted criminal. He revels in his newfound fame, but is seemingly "cured" while in conflict with Ethan Bennett. ("Clayface") The cure is not permanent, however; his powers restored, he is later captured by the vigilante "Rumor" (Rumors) and is hired by Lex Luthor to work with Black Mask, kidnapping Lois Lane (The Batman/Superman Story).

Appearances

  • Clayfaces
  • Rumors
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part 1
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part 2

The Cluemaster

Real name: Arthur Brown

For twelve weeks, Arthur Brown, apparently living with his mother, was the champion on a game-show called "Think, Thank, Thunk." However, he was defeated and claimed that both the host and producer had rigged his defeat. Enraged, Arthur Brown became a villain named "the Cluemaster" and kidnapped both the producer and host of Think, Thank, Thunk and staged a version of their show where the losers would be dunked in acid. However, he was defeated by Batman when he caused his overweight body to collapse to the floor, knocking him out.

Appearances

  • Q&A

Cameo-appearance

  • Rumors

Count Vertigo

Main article: Count Vertigo

Real name: Werner Vertigo.

Count Vertigo is a Green-Arrow-villain who has the power to make people lose their sense of balance.

Appearance

  • Vertigo

D.A.V.E.

Real name: Digitally Advanced Villain Emulator

D.A.V.E. is a robot that was made by Dr. Hugo Strange with several Batman villains' personalities installed in it. He subsequently calls himself "the ultimate criminal mastermind."

Appearance

  • Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind

Dracula

Real name: Vlad Dracula III

Dracula is a villainous vampire-lord who was moved from Transylvania to Gotham City after being staked by Professor Abraham Van Helsing a century ago. After he terrorizes Gotham with his vampiric plague, he is defeated and met his demise by the Batman.

Appearances

Everywhere Man

Real name: "Marlowe."

Biography

Everywhere Man is introduced as Dr. John Marlowe, one of Bruce Wayne's rich friends, who owns a large collection of art. He is a scientist, and his work centers on quantum physics. His work results in the Quantex, a gadget that allows its user to multiply himself or anything he encounters. The Quantex also allows the user to "recall" the clone, erasing its existence. Once Dr. John Marlowe creates a viable clone of himself, he decides to keep it around to help him with his lab work. Upon perfection of the Quantex however, the clone rebels, kidnaps the real Marlowe and locks him up under guard by other clones. The fake Marlowe (referred to as "Marlowe" from here on out) then proceeds to take over the real one's life. The clone uses the Quantex as an easy way to expand "his" art collection and thus became the supervillain known as The Everywhere Man. At a party which "Marlowe" hosts at his penthouse to show off his collection, Everywhere Man made his first appearance. "Marlowe" creates a clone in order to create an alibi for himself, since "Marlowe" is in attendance at the party at the same time the clone (dressed as Everywhere Man) attempts to steal his artwork. Along with Bruce Wayne, the guest list includes Clea, the curator of the Gotham Museum of Art. Upon seeing Everywhere Man, Bruce quickly changes into Batman, then with "Marlowe" chases the clone into a closet, where he disappears ("Marlowe" has recalled him). Everywhere Man later attempts a heist at the Gotham Museum of Art, this time facing both Batman and Robin, who seems at the time able to foil the theft. Batman later analyzes hair found at the Museum, matching it to Dr. John Marlowe's Deoxyribonucleic acid. Bruce Wayne hopes for Dr. John Marlowe's innocence, but cannot rule him out as a suspect. He visits Dr. John Marlowe's apartment under the pretense of getting a look at the closet where the thief disappeared. While looking at the closet, Bruce Wayne uses a scanner hidden in a pair of sunglasses to get a reading on anything unusual and picks up traces of radioactivity. Dick Grayson does the same with the paintings at the Museum with the same result. After examining the closet, Bruce confronts Everywhere Man about his change in personality, temporarily angering him. While the conversation takes place, the scanner reveals Everywhere Man to have a very high level of the same radiation found in the closet and museum. Later that night, Batman and Robin search Everywhere Man's building. Batman confronts two Everywhere Men in a laboratory, where they reveal their identity and the secret of the Quantex by duplicating themselves. The four unmasked Everywhere Men, along with a fifth in an elevator, accompany Batman to Dr. John Marlowe's penthouse, where they met "Marlowe". "Marlowe" gave a further explanation and demonstration of the Quantex's capabilities. The radiation is revealed to be an effect of the cloning process. Another clone then confronts "Marlowe", saying they could conquer the world. Batman then realizes that the clones were "like a bad photocopy. Each duplicate is just a little darker than the last". "Marlowe" quickly recalls the clone. "Marlowe" then reveals that the real Marlowe is still alive, just as Robin finds and frees him. Batman escapes to the atrium, but "Marlowe" sends a huge army of Everywhere Men to meet him. Robin arrives in the atrium with the real Marlowe and evens the odds by using Marlowe's original prototype of the Quantex to clone an army of himself and battle the other clones. However, the Robin clones become unstable and disappear on contact due to the imperfections of the prototype.

After a lengthy battle, all of the Robin clones are eliminated and the prototype short circuits. Batman is surrounded by the Everywhere Men, but turns them against each other and "Marlowe" by reminding them that they will be recalled as soon as they are no longer useful. This eventually angers "Marlowe" into recalling all of the clones. Before he can create a new army of them, however, the real Marlowe uses the Quantex and recalls his original clone.

John Marlow donates his art collection to the museum and is currently started dating Clea.

With the Quantex at his possession, fake Marlowe/Everywhere Man can duplicate himself as much as he likes. He can clone himself from a small group, to an entire army of Everywhere Men. The clones are also extremely good hand-to-hand fighters, and are stronger and more agile than the real Marlowe. However, the clones become more psychologically unstable and aggressive than the ones before them.

Also, with the Quantex, Everywhere Man can clone objects themselves, useful in art thefts.

Firefly

Real name: Garfield Lynns.

Firefly is a work-for-hire-arsonist who uses laser-technology to commit his crimes. In an episode, he is hired to take down Gothcorp so that they could not fund the children's hospital, but he gets defeated by Batman before he can do so. In "Fire and Ice," he teams up with Mr. Freeze in order to ice over Gotham City, but their rivalry leads them to being defeated by Batman. He appeared in "rumors" where he was defeated with the other criminals by getting hit by killer croc. He last appeared in "White Heat" where he and Blaze stole the isotope, and while he was building it into his suit it exploded and made him into Phosphorus.

Appearances

  • The Big Heat
  • Fire & Ice
  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors
  • White Heat
  • Seconds

Gearhead

Real name: Nathan Finch

Biography

In this version, Gearhead is a criminal car racer who operates with advanced forms of nanotechnology, Gearhead first showed up with a souped-up yellow race car during a charity race that Bruce Wayne, alias Batman, was competing in. Gearhead stole all the charity money and rode off, leaving all the contestants baffled. Soon after, Bruce Wayne changes into his alter ego of the Batman and is hot on Gearhead's trail. However, the criminal's hi-tech vehicle had some surprises of its own—it could extend small metal cords and attach them to other vehicles, giving Gearhead full control over the vehicle. Later, back at the Batcave, Bruce and his faithful butler Alfred looked more deeply into nanotechnology and made some new adjustments to the Batmobile. With a bigger and better vehicle, Batman was ready for round two of his match. With the help of Batgirl, he rode out to take Gearhead down. In the final battle when Batman almost destroyed Gearhead's vehicle, the villain jumped out of his hi-tech car and it reverted into a junky, beat-up old one. Gearhead then took control of an ordinary motorcycle, and it transformed into a super vehicle just like his car had been. This revealed to Batman that Gearhead was probably some sort of a cyborg who was built of nanotechnology and could alter vehicles and mechanical devices at will. The fight went on for a while, until Gearhead tried to use his technology to take over the new Batmobile. To his dismay, however, Batman's new adjustments had blocked any take over and caused Gearhead's metal cords to lock in place when he tried. Gearhead was trapped and soon placed in jail.

Gearhead was among the villains captured by Rumor and was seen when the cell the villains were in opened up.

They also made a toy of him from the cartoon but renamed him "Metal Head."

Appearances

  • RPM
  • Rumors (cameo)

Harley Quinn

Biography

Real name: Dr. Harleen Quinzel

Harleen Quinzel was a famous phone-in psychiatrist who hosted the show "Heart-to-Heart with Harley." She would talk to people about their love life, but was threatened by a mother when she told her daughter to go against the mother's wishes. The company threatened to pull the plug on Harley's show, but she had other plans. When Bruce Wayne arrived to talk about his charity, Harley attempted to humiliate him by bringing in one of his dates. All while the Joker, who was a fan of the show because of Harley's quirkiness and obvious fraudulence, called up under the name Mr. J, and got to voice his opinion. The company cut Harley's show, and she resigned to her apartment. The Joker, whose henchmen had recently been arrested, decided to make her his new assistant. He visited her house and she willingly followed him to his lair. She revealed that a nutcase like the Joker would be a perfect chance to restart her career and write a book. The Joker did not like the idea, but when he sicked his hyenas on Harley, she just yelled at them to sit. After a little "therapy time," the Joker gave Harley a new outfit representing a harlequin. They spent a romantic bombing spree together, but were almost stopped by the Batman. In the morning, Harley was furious when she found out that another psychiatrist was planning a special show that would air at the time and channel when her valentine special would have. She was even angrier when she found out that the analysis was on her descent from fraudulent program into criminal madness. She and Joker crashed the show and Harley attempted to take revenge. Batman showed up and the building began to burn. Joker ran off with the hyenas, leaving Harley to her fate. She was saved, but realized that perhaps it was not a good idea to be with the Joker. But as she got into the police car, the officer sat on a whoopie cushion. He pulled it out to reveal that "Mr. J" had made his mark on Harley. She began laughing hysterically, perhaps destroying any possibility of her becoming sane ever again.

Appearances

  • Two of a Kind
  • Rumors
  • The Metal Face of Comedy
  • The End of Batman

Hideto Katsu

Hideto Katsu was the head of a crime family moved from the Orient to Gotham in order to make a living. He was known for being the owner of a valuable Oriental Palace. After Catwoman stole from him, Katsu wanted to have his Yakuza gang and his hired ninjas to kill her the next time she stole from him. Catwoman then came back for another theft. Batman arrived as well and the two took out Katsu's gang as well as Katsu. Evidence was discovered that he was planning to expand into Gotham. He has not been seen since his arrest.

Appearances

  • The Cat & The Bat

Dr. Hugo Strange

The morally ambiguous head chief of Psychiatry at Arkham Asylum, who is driven by his keen interest of the criminal mind.

A psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum, Professor Hugo Strange has an interest in the minds of the psychopaths that fill the cells in Arkham. Strange testified at Ethan Bennett's, aka Clayface, court date, giving Ethan a clean bill of health for his mental stasis. The mad psychiatrist intended to "test" Bennett's mental affliction.

Although he claims to want to help the inmates at Arkham Asylum, Hugo Strange seems more bent on finding out how the criminal mind works, rather than simply curing it.

When the Joker kidnapped Ellen Yin and was then shortly arrested after by the Batman, the GCPD had to locate where the detective was abducted. The police authorized Professor Strange to use his brain machine to infiltrate the Joker's mind in order to find the location. It was clear by the end Strange never wanted to rescue "Yin" but to explore the psychotic clown's past and tumors. In the end of the episode, Strange records that he got what he wanted with Joker.

After being "cured" of his affliction by Professor Hugo Strange, Arnold Wesker was able to resume his life in the real world. Despite being successful in his new life, Professor Hugo Strange wished to "test" his criminal therapy and gave the Scarface puppet back to Wesker, causing him to fold and resume being Wesker and Scarface.

In Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind, Prof. Strange creates D.A.V.E., an A.I. program made with the brain patterns of several Gotham villains, including himself. When D.A.V.E. proceeded to escape and Strange was discovered to have preprogrammed and allowed it, he was determined to be insane and was incarcerated in Arkham. He said at the end of that episode that Batman may think that he has defeated the Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind but he must think again, stating that he thinks himself as the Ultimate Criminal Mastermind.

In Strange New World, he made plans to turn all of Gotham, bar himself, into zombie-like creatures who obey his every command. He was barely stopped in time and moved to maximal security if not he had escaped Arkham Asylum.

In Rumors, Hugo Strange is abducted by the hateful Rumor who wants to get rid of crime by executing them all. The mad psychiatrist requested a dead man favor in asking Rumor why is he seeking to punish criminals. The sinister self vigilante replied that his boss, Paul Karen, is a good man but was wounded critically by the Joker. Batman had a chance to eliminate villains but was following his code of ethics so he could not do what was necessary. Strange easily mocked Mario (Rumor) in saying that the bodyguard was not vigilante of justice but only an emotional man who tried to undo his failure of being unable to protect his boss from his accident at the hands of the Joker. By the end of the episode, only Professor Strange and Catwoman remained at large.

In "Lost Heroes," he helps the Joining into capturing the Justice League and uploading their powers into their robots. However, when the Joining give him his reward of all the knowledge in the universe, his cerebral cortex cannot handle it and he is reduced to a drooling, catatonic state.

It was revealed in an extended preview for Batman: Arkham City at the 2010 VGA on Spike that Dr. Hugo Strange will be one of the principle villains in the game when it releases in 2011.

Appearances

The Joining

An extraterrestrial mental/technological societal/militant manifestation with an as yet unexplained origin and determination to conquer/destroy Earth. It/they are reminiscent of Brainiac, an enemy of Superman, who has ambitions of learning all knowledge there is to know and then destroy existence[original research?]. In the two part episode, The Joining, they attacked Earth, causing destruction everywhere, and Batman and his enemies even worked together to destroy them. The Joining was supposedly destroyed. However, they later returned to Earth, being a little sneakier, for the last time was apparently a test, and this time, they had help from Hugo Strange, who consumed the powers of the Justice League, and gave them to the Joining. The heroes got back their powers, and destroyed the member of the Joining holding them, and the Joining's operating base was destroyed, along with the rest of the army of Joining duplicates.

Similarities to Brainiac

  • The idea of a creature who has ambitions of learning all knowledge there is to know and then destroy existence is similar to Brainiac's DCAU profile.
  • When the Joining give Hugo Strange the knowledge of the universe, they extend tentacles into his head similarly to when Brainiac accesses someone's brain in Smallville.[citation needed]

Appearances

The Joker

Biography

Real name: Unknown

The arch nemesis of Batman, the Joker is a maniacal harlequin whose bizarre appearance and unnerving instinct for the absurd have earned him a reputation as the most dangerous criminal in the annals of crime. The Joker treats each crime he commits as an elaborate joke in which he tries to leave his victims literally dying with laughter. More than any other enemy, the Joker becomes inextricably linked to The Batman, as the crazed killer's plots begin to take increasingly more personal tolls on the crime fighter. While the Joker, he was once able to beat Batman in hand to hand combat without cheating. Like in previous series, the Joker considers Batman his favorite opponent or 'sparring partner'. He is also only referred to as "Joker" and not "The Joker" by Batman and everyone else.

The Joker's weapons include: a set of razor-sharp playing cards; Joker venom, a toxin that infects his victims with a ghastly grin similar to his along with uncontrollable spasms of laughter; and an exploding jack-in-the-box. He is highly agile, extremely intelligent and inhumanly cruel, looking at every single instance of human suffering as a joke.

Before their arrest, the Joker was often accompanied by his two goons who never spoke, Punch and Judy who where two large men in purple and green clown outfits, but later found a new partner in the maniacally happy Harley Quinn.

The origin of the Joker in this series appears to be the same as The Killing Joke, (the Joker was even wearing red clothes in the flashback possibly referencing the Red Hood) although it is unknown whether or not Batman was present.

In Rumors, it was revealed that the Joker was the one responsible for an accident that crippled businessman Paul Karon during the fight with Batman causing Paul's bodyguard to become Rumor and exact revenge.

In The Joining Pt. 2, the Joker helps the Gotham Police Force fight the Joining alongside some of the other villains and later commented on how insane the city had gone after Commissioner Gordon allowed the escapees of Arkham Asylum to fight The Joining for the occasion.

In The Metal Face of Comedy, an accident with the Joker's hacking helmet at the bank resulted in the creation of Joker 2.0. While the Joker was at the hospital, Joker 2.0 had the Joker's latest henchman Marty hack him into Wayne Enterprises to use the latest Nanobot technology to create a body. When the Joker escaped from the hospital, he encountered the clone and both of them ended up at the point of double-crossing each other. After Joker 2.0 was defeated, he and his henchmen were arrested with him wondering if the Penguin had any henchmen problems.

Appearances

  • The Bat in the Belfry
  • Topsy Turvey
  • The Rubberface of Comedy
  • JTV
  • Meltdown
  • Strange Minds
  • The Laughing Bat
  • Night and the City
  • The Batman vs. Dracula (also as Joker Vampire)
  • A Fistful of Felt (cameo)
  • Brawn
  • The Laughing Cats
  • The Apprentice
  • Team Penguin (cameo)
  • Clayfaces
  • Two of a Kind
  • Rumors
  • The Joining, Part 2 (cameo)
  • Joker Express
  • The Metal Face of Comedy
  • The End of The Batman
  • Lost Heroes (cameo)

Joker 2.0

Biography

Joker 2.0 is a cyber version of Joker made with a duplicate of Joker's personality and brain and was downloaded onto a computer by a mishap with a machine that Joker was using to mentally download money. Before Batman could trap Joker 2.0 inside the computer, Marty, a cyber geek and Joker's new henchman, downloaded it allowing Joker 2.0 to go wild. Marty informed Joker 2.0 that Wayne Industries had created special nanobots that can self-multiply and take on any shape. Joker 2.0 was hacked into the system and used the nanobots to build a new body. After going to the hideout The old Joker, who was in the hospital after the accident, had escaped and returned to his hideout and met the Joker 2.0.

Joker's henchman could not choose which one to follow, with both Jokers deciding to become partners. Unbeknownst to both of them, each planned to double-cross the other. Later, they both committed crimes in Gotham, making it harder for Batman to stop them. Joker 2.0 eventually decided to take over Gotham and get rid of Batman, Robin, and the original Joker, eventually growing into a giant body. Robin, finding out that Marty was the Captain Slash character in an online game, came up with an idea. Robin told Batman that Joker 2.0 could be trapped inside the video game. Batman, in the Bat-Bot, sent a signal from Joker 2.0 into the computer, causing Joker 2.0 to be trapped inside the video game forever. Joker 2.0 was later seeing being beaten up by Nightwing, Robin's character in the video game.

Appearances

  • The Metal Face of Comedy

Kabuki Twins

  • Voice Actor: The Kabuki Twins have no lines.
  • Real Names: Peri and Gale.

Biography

The Kabuki Twins are the Penguin's assistants. Not much is known about them besides the fact that they do not speak and that they are talented fighters. They use their blade-fingers to attack and block, as well as to climb and the like. When they are not fighting, they cloak their red skin-tight costumes with green ceremonial robes similar to that of a kabuki fashion, along with black wigs. Their faces are always hidden behind two white masks. Their origin, like them, is a mystery. It has even been suggested that they might be gynoids that Penguin has somehow acquired during his "tour" of the orient. The only time they were seen without their masks, was on episode "Call of the Cobblepot". They just vanished after Batman fought The Penguin, all that was left, was their masks.

Appearances

  • Call of the Cobblepot
  • Bird of Prey
  • The Cat, the Bat, and the Very Ugly
  • Night and the City
  • A Dark Knight to Remember
  • Rumors

Killer Croc

Biography

Real name: Waylon Jones

Waylon Jones was an ex-military who was rumored to be a genetic experiment gone awry, that he deals with the wrong kind of voodoo magic in the swamps, he is simply a circus freak (it is never explained which, if any, story is true. Of course, there were hints that he was actually born with a mutation that gave him the appearance of half-man, half-reptile), Killer Croc is a virtual powerhouse and has two pet crocodiles to do his bidding. With the strength of a crocodile (and a tail to boot), Croc is able to chomp and swim his way around Gotham. In this version, Killer Croc is even more reptilian than past versions and has a tail. He appears to be much stronger than Batman and much like a crocodile, he's able to stay underwater for long periods of time.

He recruits three criminals (two of them are referred to in the credits as Vic and Freddy) as henchmen to help him flood Gotham City. After flooding downtown Gotham by backing up the sewage pipes that are used to transfer water out from the city so its banks were easy to pillage, Croc was eventually taken down by The Batman. Though the battle was lengthy, The Batman exploited Killer Croc's weakness for air underwater and half-drowned him, depriving him of oxygen and putting him in an unconscious state. Thus, he was stopped just in time by Batman (remarking that "Crocs may like water but they're no fish") and left for the police to arrest him and his henchman.

Another time, Killer Croc joins up with Team Penguin, a group of Gotham villains formed by the Penguin, and his job is to sneak into waterside facilities underwater and take out the guards. When the team ends in failure, he is defeated by Batman.

Croc was also seen among the many villains that was captured by the vigilante Rumor.

He was last seen as one of the villains being assisted by the Wrath and his sidekick, Scorn.

Appearances

  • Swamped
  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors
  • The End of The Batman

Killer Moth

Biography

Real name: Drury Walker

Killer Moth started out as a wimpy wannabe. He first joined Penguin's team, in order to prove himself worthy of being a villain, and to serve his idol, Penguin. However, because of his geeky, wimpy and gullible nature, he was usually picked on, teased, and even only being accepted to the gang only to serve as a "Coffee Boy." However, when he and his pet moths were exposed to an unstable chemical the gang had stolen, his moths died and merged with his skin and mutated into a cocoon, and eventually, was turned into a powerful, gigantic moth monster, similar to the comic book persona Charaxas. However, even if terrorizing the rest of the gang, he still had his wimpy personality, and was still bossed around by Penguin, whom he has complete loyalty to. Killer Moth was taken down by Batgirl and Robin.

In Rumors, Batman mentions Rumor kidnapped him along with Firefly and Ragdoll, he was one of the other villains captive victims by Rumor.

Appearances

  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors

Lex Luthor

Biography

Lex Luthor is an enemy of Superman. He hires Metallo and equips him with his only piece of Kryptonite he has to defeat Superman, but is defeated by Batman. Luthor hires Black Mask and Clayface (Basil Karlo) to kidnap Lois Lane while he leaves for Gotham with Mercy Graves. While Superman, Batman, and Robin fight Black Mask and his henchmen, Clayface, Mr. Freeze, and Bane in order to rescue Lois, Lex Luthor captures Poison Ivy and mixes her mind controlling spores with the Kryptonite powder he already had. He uses it in Superman to become his personal slave. After Batman frees Superman from his control, both of them destroy his robots, overpower Lex Luthor and defeat him.

Appearances

  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part One
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part Two

Man-Bat

Biography

Real name: Dr. Kirk Langstrom

In an effort to become the ultimate "Bat" in Gotham, Dr. Langstrom began working on a mutative serum that would transform him into the extremely powerful and evil Man-Bat. The Man-Bat wreaked havoc throughout Gotham, but was eventually apprehended when his serum wore off. He was left serving time in Arkham.

Later, the Penguin stole a sonic device to control birds, which in fact turned out to control bats. Activating it, the remnants of Langstrom's serum within his system kicked in, again forcing him into Man-Bat. Langstrom worked unwillingly with Penguin until Batman managed to duplicate Penguin's sonic control.

As of the Rumor incident, he was seen again as both Kirk Langstrom and Man-Bat (in battle after being released), hinting at the probability he might have gained the ability to change at will.

In "Attack of the Terrible Trio," some of his formulas were the results of the Terrible Trio's origin. Dr. Kirk Langstrom was confronted by Batman when the Terrible Trio attacked a beach party. He said he was not responsible and said he was not trying to go down that path. Batman later asked him to make an antidote to counter the stolen formula recipes.

When transformed into Man-Bat, Langstrom has increased strength, a sticky mucus that binds specific areas on the victim, razor-sharp claws, a thirst for the blood of mammals (his first foray into Man-Bat led him to the Gotham Zoo, where he sucked the blood out of a goat), and sees via the means of echolocation. While the world looks solely black-and-white to him, objects emitting heat will show up as solid white.

Dr Langstrom was trying to cure his deafness but the serum then turned him into a half man half bat like creature.

Appearances

  • The Man Who Would Be Bat
  • Pets
  • Rumors
  • Attack of the Terrible Trio

Marty

Biography

An associate of the Joker (who refers to him as "Slacker" due to his habit of playing video games all the time) and the newest member of his crew (it's never clear how he came to be in the Joker's employ, though Harley may have had something to do with it ). Marty is an expert at robotics and computer hacking. When not helping Joker, he is playing a video game where his character is Captain Slash. Like the rest of the Joker's posse, is arrested at the end of the episode after nearly being killed by the Joker's nanobot clone, which Marty was indirectly responsible for creating.

Appearances

  • Joker 2.0

Mercy Graves

Biography

Mercy Graves works for Lex Luthor. She helped Lex Luthor with his plan to "protect" the world from domination (except from himself). She was also known to try to attack Batman and Robin, but she was double-crossed, and defeated by Batman and Robin .

Appearances

  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part One
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part Two

Maxie Zeus

Biography

Real Name: Maximillion Zeus

An eccentric Gotham billionaire, Maximillion Zeus attempted to run for mayor of Gotham, but his eccentricities and obsession with ancient Greece was his downfall as he lost to incumbent Mayor Marion Grange. He attempted to conquer Gotham with an armored airship. he was defeated by Batman with help from Batgirl.

Appearances

  • Thunder
  • Rumors (cameo)

Metallo

Biography

Real name: John Corben

Metallo first appears when he attacks Superman during a check donation to Gotham. His Kryptonite caused Superman to be losing the fight until Batman and Robin showed up. They managed to get the Kryptonite out of Metallo enough for Superman to recover and trap Metallo, although it is said that a certain type of battery may be able to keep him alive.

Appearances

  • The Batman/Superman Story Part One

Mirror Master

Biography

  • Real Name: Dr. Samuel Scudder

Mirror Master, a major enemy of the Flash, intended to rob Gotham's richest people by trapping them in the mirror world. Also, he created clones of Batman, Robin, and the Flash in order to carry out his dirty work, as well as trapping Flash and Batman in the mirror world, but they escaped. Currently, he and his sidekick Smoke were carted off to prison by Flash. In Lost Heroes Part One, he returns (or a robotic version of him working for the Joining) in time to give Flash to Hugo Strange.

Appearances

Mr. Freeze

Biography

Real Name: Victor Fries

Mr. Freeze is a villain who uses his ice technology as a means of stealing the objects of his passion: the rarest, most valuable diamonds. Formerly Victor Fries, Mr. Freeze is a ruthless criminal who The Batman thought had met his demise in a cryogenics accident. While trying to escape Batman he crashed into a cryogenic lab and dropped the diamonds, when he tried to retrieve them he slipped and fell inside one of the cryogenic freezer's. A power wire also fell inside and the door closed shut filling the freezer with liquid nitrogen while the power cord electrocuted him. The Liquid Nitrogen froze him, while the electricity speed up his heart rate, equalizing his body being frozen and speed up canceling each other out. Remarkably instead of killing him the accident left him in some sort of undead state in which he freezes everything he comes into contact with. Batman required a special Arctic batsuit to defeat him in his debut episode "The Big Chill."

Mr. Freeze reappeared in an alliance with Firefly in "Fire and Ice," but their rivalry caused both Freeze and Firefly to be defeated.

Freeze appeared in an attempt to steal valuable diamonds that Penguin's relative had stolen from the Queen in "The Icy Depths," but like Penguin, he was defeated.

In "Artifacts" he is the only future villain the audience sees, now inside a larger suit, the "Deep Freeze 2.0" which is bigger, has more ice creating abilities, and a larger dome, with glass only penetrable by his love - diamonds. The new suit is also equipped with flame-proof cybernetics and a shatter-proof internal liquid nitrogen supply. He is also seen with spider-like legs for a lower torso when he crawled outside of his suit after his defeat, and froze himself (again) in the hopes someone would revive him in the "Bat-free future." However, when he woke up a thousand years later, he was stopped by people using holograms to look like Batman.

In "Rumors," he is among the villains captured by Rumor. In the battle against Batman, he accidentally froze some of the other villains.

In "The Joining: Part Two," he is seen helping Gotham PD defend the city against the alien race, saving Commissioner Gordon's life in the process.

In "The Batman/Superman Story, Part 1" he is one of the special cadre working against Superman, freezing the Man of Steel after a crippling blast of red solar radiation by Black Mask's cannon and two weakening battles with Clayface II and Bane.

Appearances

  • The Big Chill
  • Fire and Ice
  • The Icy Depths
  • Gotham's Ultimate Criminal Mastermind
  • Artifacts
  • Rumors
  • The Joining, Part Two (cameo)
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part One

Number One

Biography

The Number One is the name given to the second-in-command of Black Mask's crime organization. After Black Mask was locked up, the first Number One managed to capture the Batman and take away his utility belt. Number One led Black Mask's henchmen during an attempt to free him. After breaking Black Mask free, Black Mask congratulated Number One and later took out a gun from Number One's coat and shocked him. Black Mask later chose one of his henchmen at random and decided to make him the new Number One. He popped up on the news as one of the villains captured by Rumor and was seen with the rest of Black Mask's henchmen and other villains when it came to luring Superman to their trap, which might indicate he was able to convince Black Mask his services were still useful.

A new Number One was seen as he questioned how Black Mask was going to use the Nth Element on the Gem Depository. Black Mask exposed him to it and was up on the ceiling. When Number One understood Black Mask's plan, Black Mask sent him flying upward toward the atmosphere and elected an eyepatch-wearing female as his new Number One.

The female Number was appointed second-in-command for being one the Oraganization's best elites. She is notoriously bombarding Warhawk from a war helicopter but is ultimately stopped when Hawkman destroys the chopper. The female Number One managed to survive with a parachute.

Appearances

  • The Breakout
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part One
  • What Goes Up...

Penguin

Real name: Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot

Oswald Cobblepot, like Bruce, is an ostensible billionaire in his 20s – but the similarities stop there. Unlike Bruce, "Ozzy" is rude, selfish, arrogant and homely as well as being a grotesque penguin-bodied character (Similar to Danny DeVito's Penguin.) Employing the use of highly trained birds and an arsenal of deadly umbrellas, he is determined to rebuild the Cobblepot fortune by criminal means. While Gotham City's other villains may have it out for Batman, the Penguin is unique in that his scorn is often directed at the billionaire C.E.O. of Wayne Tech, Bruce Wayne, who serves as a constant reminder of everything he is not. In The Cat, The Bat, & The Very Ugly, the Penguin teamed up with Catwoman in an effort to steal two powerful, ancient Egyptian statues that give the holder the ability to expel and use the power of light. However, double-crossing Catwoman, the Penguin stole both statues, hand-cuffed Batman and Catwoman together, and fled. Fortunately, the Penguin was defeated by both Catwoman and Batman, as they were too strong together for both his Kabuki Twins and him to fight. In the movie The Batman vs. Dracula, both the Penguin and the Joker were searching for a loot in Gotham Cemetery when Dracula unwittingly revived and hypnotized the Penguin to become his servant. He returned to normal when Dracula was slain by Batman and was arrested. In "The Icy Depths," Penguin and Mr. Freeze competed to get the sunken treasure at the bottom of Gotham Docks. In "Team Penguin," the Penguin got the idea to form a team of super-villains from a movie in order to "clip the Bat-jerk's wings." However, this only resulted in him sitting back, ordering his "teammates" around, and snapping at them whenever they suggested a different name for the team; and all the Penguin got for his team were Firefly, Killer Croc, Killer Moth, and Ragdoll. He did send out other invitations, but Bane was defeated by Batman and the Joker, Mr. Freeze, and the Riddler said "No!" He was one of the villains captured by Rumor (despite him trying to get Batman to turn him over to the police) and was accidentally frozen by Mr. Freeze. In "The Joining Pt. 2," he assists some of the villains and the Gotham Police force in fighting The Joining. In "Ring Toss," Green Lantern's ring flew right into him and he had to master it before he robbed a charity party and Gotham. Batman and Robin fought the Penguin before Sinestro crashed the battle. He chased after the Penguin until he gave the ring to Batman.

Appearances

  • Call of the Cobblepot
  • Bird of Prey
  • The Cat, the Bat, and the Very Ugly
  • Pets
  • The Laughing Bat
  • Night and the City
  • A Dark Knight to Remember
  • The Batman vs. Dracula
  • A Fistful of Felt (cameo)
  • Fleurs du Mal
  • The Icy Depths
  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors
  • The Joining, Part Two (cameo)
  • Ring Toss
  • The End of The Batman

Poison Ivy

Real name: Pamela Lillian Isley

Pamela Lillian Isley is still a high school student and obsessed with plants (she is also found to be the best friend of Barbara Gordon). Anything or anyone that harms Mother Nature is an enemy to Pamela. In order to carry out her plans against the industries that are harming plants in Gotham City, Isley hires Temblor to do her dirty work (since Isley running around with her friend, Barbara Gordon, would certainly turn too many heads). After Temblor's payment for his jobs does not come through and he learns his "boss" is really a teenage girl using a voice scrambler, he attempts to get rid of the annoyance in his life. During the fight, The Batman shows up to detain Temblor, but before he can completely save her, Isley is exposed to a powerful dosage of plant growth accelerator ("Chloro-Mulch") and her transformation to Poison Ivy begins.

For her first act, Ivy captures Commissioner Gordon and attempts to take his life; before she can, The Batman shows up. She quickly puts him under her control with a mind-controlling dust. Batgirl shows up to help free Gordon but finds herself overpowered by The Batman and Poison Ivy; despite this, Batgirl's able to snap The Batman out of the mind control and together they take down Ivy.

A period of time later, the mayor planned to tear down Gotham Park, and its plants in order to build a new hospital. His decision was despised by many people - including Poison Ivy. So, she hid Gotham City's most powerful citizens and infected them with a virus that made them think that they were enjoying nature. She also managed to capture Penguin also. Meanwhile, plant clones took their place in the real world. Batman, however, accidentally killed Penguin, only to find that it was not Penguin at all, but his plant double. After rescuing Batgirl, they found Poison Ivy, and her plans were foiled.

She had a cameo appearance in "Rumors" where she is one of the captive victims of Rumor.

Also, in "The Batman/Superman Story" she is captured by Lex Luthor, who is able to obtain from her mind-controlled spores that were laced with Kryptonite dust so he can control Superman.

Appearances

  • Batgirl Begins, Part One
  • Batgirl Begins, Part Two
  • Fleurs du Mal
  • Rumors
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part One
  • The Batman/Superman Story, Part Two

Prank

Biography

Real name: Donnie

Donnie was a classmate of Barbara Gordon (A.K.A. Batgirl) who was unhappy that people did not appreciate his unsophisticated jokes and pranks, which included putting a whoopee cushion on Barbara's chair to embarrass her in front of the entire class. One day, he gained an admirer at a comedy club, where the Joker offered him the chance to join the archcriminal's crew (Joker at the time was jealous of Batman for acquiring a sidekick). Donnie thought it over and, after he and Joker pranked the school principal (by pulling him up a flag pole), decided to take the Joker's offer. He was put in a costume and renamed "Prank". However, Donnie remained interested in humiliating authority figures, not in harming them. After refusing to kill Batgirl after a confrontation with Batman, Donnie was taken by the disappointed Joker to the chemical plant where the latter had been disfigured by falling into a vat of chemicals. Joker tried to drop Prank into the vat in an effort to "improve" his apprentice, but he was saved by Batman. Donnie took Joker out with Joker's own popping fist gun.

Appearances

Punch and Judy

  • Voice Actor: Punch and Judy have no lines

Biography

Joker's two henchmen, Punch and Judy are oversized versions of their nursery rhyme counterparts and, like the Joker, are pale, green haired and wear mostly purple and green clothing. Though physically powerful, the two are quite unintelligent and easily defeated by Batman in almost all his encounters with them. They are apparently mute, never speaking or making any sounds; this is referenced to in "Clayfaces" where Clayface, disguised as both Punch and Judy, tells Joker that his current plan is ridiculous, which prompts the Joker to exclaim:

Okay; 1. You never ever talk to me like that,
and 2. When have you two ever talked at all?

Appearances

  • The Rubberface of Comedy
  • JTV
  • Night and the City
  • The Laughing Cats
  • The Apprentice
  • Clayfaces (as Clayface disguise)
  • Two of a Kind
  • Rumors
  • Joker Express
  • The Metal Face of Comedy

Ragdoll

Biography

Real name: Peter Merkel

Ragdoll is a master thief and triple-jointed contortionist, capable of bending his body in all sorts of impossible ways.

Able to bend himself in every imaginable (and even some unimaginable) positions, Ragdoll is a formidable opponent for The Batman, but an even bigger adversary of Catwoman. While Catwoman's interests are merely in cat-related fare, Ragdoll's interests lay wherever the money is. To Catwoman's dismay, this is also in rare cat-items: vintage animation cells, priceless artifacts and the main jewel of their battle, two 'Cat's Eyes' emeralds, hidden in a Gotham Clock Tower by a mobster in the 1930s. Though never found, it was enough to pique the interest of Ragdoll and Catwoman, falling into a trap set by The Batman. After a lengthy and spectacular battle (during which Ragdoll found his prize wedged between two gears he twisted through), Ragdoll went to Arkham empty handed, Catwoman back home and The Batman (and Bruce Wayne) with two newly found emeralds.

In Team Penguin, he joined Penguin's team along with Killer Croc, Firefly and Killer Moth. Ragdoll suggests they call their team "Villains United", an allusion to the Villains United comic in the Countdown to Infinite Crisis, of which Ragdoll is a member. He was later defeated along with other members and arrested.

In Rumors, he was one of the many other villains captured. He was accidentally frozen along with many other villains by Mr. Freeze, after being set free.

Appearances

  • Ragdolls to Riches
  • Team Penguin
  • Rumors

Rhino & Mugsy

Biography

Rhino & Mugsy are two thugs who work as henchmen for the Ventriloquist & Scarface.

Appearances

  • The Big Dummy
  • A Fistful of Felt
  • Rumors (Cameo)

Riddlemen

Biography

The Riddlemen are the henchmen of the Riddler. In their first appearances, they were a gang of high-tech hackers wearing green trenchcoats of various sorts and goggles, with many using caps as well, and were both male and female. In Riddler's Revenge and Rumors, the Riddlermen were simply two men clad in dark green skintight costumes with Riddler's customary question mark in the chest. They are thought to have killed Gorman for Riddler, as they are seen giving Riddler his cane back, after Gorman stole it.

Appearances

  • Riddled
  • Night and the City
  • Riddler's Revenge
  • Rumors

Riddler

Biography

Real name: Edward Nigma

Edward Nigma was fond of puzzles ever since he was a boy, but his father teased him and wanted him to go out for sports. Eventually Edward grew tired of this life and got a job at a university. Together with another scientist, Julie, they created a memory module device that enabled the user to remember things they may otherwise forget. When enabled, the device would allow the wearer to read books at super-speed and not forget a single bit of information—when they needed to recall what it was they read, a remote could enable the device to recall what the user had just read. The demonstration to the dean of the University was a rousing success, but Gorman, a man who kept attempting to steal the fruits of Edward Nigma's labor by constantly pitching a partnership between the two of them in order to capitalize on Nigma's genius and get himself in on the profits, sabotaged it, or so Edward thought. After getting Edward fired from the university which was funding his research, Nigma broke into Gorman's house and played a deadly game of Q&A with him. Though Gorman was more adept at riddles than Riddler's contempt for him would suggest, it was only thanks to the intervention of The Batman, who had intercepted his signal for help, that he survived. It was in this encounter with The Batman that Edward knew he needed more of a challenge and he found it in The Batman.

Donning The Riddler persona in his debut episode, Riddler is able to stump and confound almost everyone in Gotham—everyone except The Batman. Knowing that he would be helping Detective Ellen Yin to discover his riddles, Riddler moved them across the city, stopping his containers of "explosives." The explosives, in reality, turned out to be nothing more than gelatin dessert. Upon discovering this, The Batman and Ellen discovered that inside Riddler's clues he left other riddles to his real plans; to steal the information in the city's archive and use it to wreak havoc on Gotham. Chasing Riddler down, they found him at the site of where the original clue was given.

Later, the Riddler participated in a triple threat no holds barred turf war between himself, Joker, and Penguin. Riddler made his mark with giant green lights on several buildings that were placed in a pattern resembling question marks, much like Joker had covered the buildings with a bleach-white powder called "Joker White" and the Penguin had spray-painted trails of jet-black paint. All three villains agreed that the title to be "king of Gotham" would go to the one who could capture and unmask the Batman, and Riddler threw off the Gotham police (who were also hunting for Batman) by turning out all the lights in the warehouse that Batman was in, then sending a train (under his control) to cut off the police cars from chasing the Batmobile. Riddler managed to stop Joker & Penguins' minions by opening a drawbridge that the Batmobile barely crossed, but the two themselves were not deterred. Meanwhile, Riddler created a false signal via a transmitter to lure Batman and detective Yin into another warehouse, with hopes of capturing them in a small rocket pod and delivering them to his hideout-an oil drilling platform in Gotham bay. However, Riddler accidentally captured Joker & Penguin instead, and attempted to double cross them. The two agreed to team up and took out Riddler's henchmen. But when Batman arrived, the three of them attacked him instead. Using a remote-controlled crane, Riddler seemed to have the upper hand over Batman, even after Penguin and Joker were defeated. However, when Yin managed to find his control room and shut down his weapon, he was defeated in the brawl with Batman that followed.

Sometime later, Riddler's latest attempt on Gorman's life as he attempted to blow up a boat full of his inventions that Gorman 'stole' from him, hoping to finally exact his revenge on the executive failed once again due to The Batman and the two were trapped in the explosion of Gorman's shipping boat. Gorman escaped the boat in time before setting off the charges himself with Riddler's stolen cane. It is unknown if Gorman survived afterwards, however, as when Riddler's henchmen The Riddlemen come to pick Riddler up from his location in Gotham Harbor, they give Riddler his cane—whether this is the same one that Gorman took is unknown. If it is, however, it seems Riddler's henchmen may have exacted his revenge for him. Riddler later found out, with the help of Batman, that the real saboteur the day of the demonstration with the memory module was really Julie and not Gorman. Riddler's own desire to be with Julie had clouded his judgment on this matter and he attempted to kill Julie as well before Batman and Robin intervened. Riddler was defeated and Batman and Robin left the police to deal with Julie and Riddler.

Riddler was among the captive victims of Rumor.

Appearances

  • Riddled
  • Night and the City
  • Riddler's Revenge
  • Rumors

Rumor

Biography

Real Name: Mario

When villains were disappearing all over Gotham, Batman decided to investigate. He found out that an inventor named Paul Karon had broken his legs after an attack by Joker, and was using an exoskeleton to support himself. The person who had captured the villains was reported as being metallic, so Batman suspected him. It turned out that it was actually Paul's bodyguard, Mario. The latter wanted to kill all of Gotham's villains so that he could erase his failure of saving his employer. Rumor was obsessed by that failure that he wanted all criminals to be punished. Just as he was about to execute them all, Batman and Robin showed up, and battled and defeated Rumor, only for every imprisoned villain to be released to exact their revenge on Rumor. Batman and Robin fought against almost every villain they ever faced, until they were all defeated and jailed, along with Rumor.

Appearances

  • Rumors

Rupert Thorne

Biography

Rupert Thorne, a Gotham Mob boss, was a major threat to the city. However, The Batman tracked down Thorne and then took out his henchmen, before capturing Thorne and handing him over to the police.

However, he recently has appeared to have got out of prison since he made a cameo appearance at the Ice Pick Club when Batman was looking for Tony Zucco's location.

He made a cameo in "Rumors" where he was one of Rumors victims and was later put in jail after the villains were defeated.

Appearances

  • The Bat in the Belfry
  • A Matter of Family (cameo)
  • Rumors (cameo)

Shadow Thief

Biography

Real name: Carl Sands

An enemy of Hawkman, Shadow Thief first appears to break Black Mask from Arkham Asylum. Shadow Thief then tries to steal a meteor form the Thanagar Star System. When Batman and Robin attack, Black Mask's men attacked and Shadow Thief easily takes down Batman and Robin when Hawkman arrives to fight Shadow Thief. Batman, Robin, and Hawkman then pursue the van that Black Mask and Shadow Thief escaped in when Shadow Thief covers the entire Batmobile followed by the rescue by Hawkman. Black Mask and Shadow Thief later siphon some of the Nth element in a plot to rob the gem dipository. Shadow Thief later uses one of the Nth element powder as part of a diversion by using it on the train tracks so that the train would fly up and away. That was eventually thwarted by Batman and Hawkman. When Batman and Robin knocked out Black Mask, Shadow Thief exposed Robin to the Nth Element, but was saved by Hawkman. Batman and Shadow Thief fought them until Black Mask got free. The helicopter crash caused Black Mask's taser to hit Shadow Thief enabling Batman and Robin to knock him out. Shadow Thief then fell right toward Black Mask as the Gem Depository was crashed into the ocean. Hawkman later took Shadow Thief into custody and flown him back to Midway City.

Appearances

  • What Goes Up

Sinestro

Biography

Sinestro served as Hal Jordan's teacher in the Green Lantern Corps until he went power hungry and was expelled from the Green Lantern Corps. Sinestro escaped from his prison and came to Earth where he attacked Green Lantern (before he had a chance to recharge his Power Ring) at the airport as Hal Jordan sends his Power Ring to Batman. When Penguin ended up with the Power Ring and fought Batman, Robin, and Hal Jordan, Sinestro attacked Penguin who ended up reluctantly giving the ring to Batman. Batman placed the ring on him to fight Sinestro when the Power Ring's powers started to weaken. Once Hal Jordan recharged his Power Ring, he helped Batman fight Sinestro where Sinestro was disarmed of his ring by Batman. Green Lantern then took Sinestro back to his cell.

Appearances

  • Ring Toss

Smoke

Biography

Smoke is the assistant of Mirror Master. Very little is known about her, though her relationship with Mirror Master is a pun on the expression "smoke and mirrors." also related to the flash

Appearances

  • A Mirror Darkly

Solomon Grundy

Biography

Real name: Cyrus Gold

In this show, Solomon Grundy is a creature made out of the rage of villagers whose land was turned into a swampland for the industrial waste that was cropping up from the rapid expansion in Gotham's early life. He rose from the mud to take the things most precious from those that signed the papers which started the waste dumping process. It was said that a hundred years after he first rose, he would rise during a lunar eclipse and take the riches of the families' descendents that he stole from a century ago.

It was later found out that Grundy was just being impersonated by Clayface. However, at the end of the episode, a loud growl is heard from within Gotham Swamp as two boys hanging out their claimed to have seen him. This leads to the assumption that the real Solomon Grundy is still there, although he is not seen.

Appearances

  • Grundy's Night

Spellbinder

Biography

Real name: Delbert Billings

In this show, Spellbinder is a three-eyed mystic with the ability to induce hypnotic visions in whomever he chooses.

Able to induce realistic, in both sight and feeling, hallucinations into his victims, Spellbinder is capable of doing this because he possesses a "third eye." Bruce Wayne explained it to Alfred...

"During my studies in the Far East, I learned of a remote temple, whose monks performed a particularly intense form of meditation, believed to lead to that which only a few could achieve--the mystic power of the third eye. A state of awareness so pure or potent, one could project ones visions into reality."

Possessing the power of the third eye and a criminal mind, Spellbinder controlled Gotham's wealthy into giving up their prized possessions. When he attempted to steal a rare gem that would strengthen his spells, Spellbinder was stopped by The Batman. Despite a difficult fight against Spellbinder's tricks, The Batman was able to escape them with his mind. With a well placed punch, The Batman knocked Spellbinder out cold. Spellbinder came too close to figuring out Batman's real identity when Batman responded to the hypnotic command directed to 'Bruce Wayne'. However, the timing of when Batman broke free from him helps to convince him Batman just pretended to be under his command all the time.

Appearances

  • The Butler Did It
  • Rumors (cameo)

Temblor

Biography

Real name: David Temblor

Temblor is a brand new Batman villain appearing in the animated TV show, The Batman. Like the Shocker, Temblor uses specially made metallic gloves which have two yellow circles, that, when activated and slammed into the ground, can create small earthquakes. Temblor can also create powerful soundwaves by clapping his hands together.

He first appeared in the episode "Batgirl Begins Pt. 1". Pamela Isley secretly hires him to take down businesses which disrespect nature. When Temblor later finds out that Pamela and Barbara Gordon have no money to pay for his jobs, he attacks them until Batman arrives. During the fight, plant chemicals fall on Isley, beginning her transformation into Poison Ivy, and Temblor is defeated.

Temblor later makes a cameo as one of the many villains incarcerated by vigilante Rumor. During the villain fight against Batman and Robin, he was accidentally frozen by Mr. Freeze.

Temblor appears as one of the many criminals loose in Gotham in an issue of The Batman Strikes!, Waiting to Pounce, when Batman is forced to fight him after numerous criminals escape Arkham Asylum due to Catwoman. Temblor appears in another issue, in Joker's group of villains in How To Take On a Room Full of Goons, and is defeated along with Mr. Freeze in an amusement park.

Appearances

  • Batgirl Begins, pt 1
  • Rumors (cameo)

Terrible Trio

Biography

The Terrible Trio are university students named David, Justin, and Amber who have gained the appearances of their codename from the formulas stolen from Dr. Kirk Langstrom's computer which they made into dissolving patches. David became Fox, Justin became Shark (with the appearance of a hammerhead shark), and Amber became Vulture. They first appeared to attack a beach party. After Batgirl fended off Fox, all three ran into Batman and fought them near the pool until David's roommate Jake was mutated into a humanoid gorilla giving them the opportunity to escape. After the headmaster's plan to have all DNAs of all University students, they soon began to plan to turn all the students into humanoid animals with a detonator. Batman and Batgirl later fought them on the night when a football game was and ended trapped in a cage with the snakes cage knocked over. Batman and Batgirl managed to escape and use the mutagen antidote on Shark, Batgirl managed to used the mutagen antidote on Vulture, and Batman destroyed the detonator causing Fox to mutate into some horned Griffin-like creature upon exposure to the mutagen. After Batman crashing him into an electric wire, David (who was cured by the next scene) and Justin were sent to jail while Amber was presumably sent to a women's prison.

Appearances

  • Attack of the Terrible Trio

Tony Zucco

Biography

Real name: Antonio Zucco

Tony Zucco was part of a knife throwing act in the circus. However, during one of his acts, Zucco missed and cost him his father's life. Later on in life, Zucco became a Gotham mob boss and he and his brothers used their intimidation tactics on all traveling acts and new businesses that came to Gotham. His brothers are a strong man (referred to in the credits as Bruiser), a lion tamer, and a juggler.

When Haley's Circus was in town, Zucco attempted to coerce the Grayson family to pay him protection money, but John Grayson would not stand for it. John's son, Dick Grayson, had called the police minutes after Zucco first appeared in their big top tent and the call was intercepted by The Batman who quickly took down Zucco and his brothers, even managing to knock the "lion tamer" brother out, allowing the police to take him away.

Swearing revenge on The Batman and the Graysons for the loss of his brother, Zucco planned the death of the Graysons by removing two nuts from the railings of the Graysons trapeze act. While swinging back and forth, Mary Grayson noticed the loose bolts and looked at her husband who quickly knew what would happen. The trapeze fell apart before young Dick Grayson's part of the act started and Dick watched his mother and father fall to their death.

Going after and interrogating the remaining Zucco brothers, The Batman attempted to take down Zucco himself for killing Dick's parents, but he was knocked out and then tied to a knife throwing board. Luckily for Batman, Dick arrived in the guise of Robin and freed Batman. After a fierce battle, Zucco was eventually taken down by The Batman and his new partner, Robin, and delivered over to the police.

Appearances

  • A Matter of Family

The Toymaker

Real name: Cosmo Krank.

At first in the show, Cosmo Krank is the C.E.O. of a toy company named "Krank Co." that created incredibly futuristic toys. However, Bruce Wayne notices that Krank Co's toys are very dangerous. So, he led a campaign that eventually closed down Krank Co. for good. Enraged, Cosmo Krank becomes a villain named "the Toymaker," who uses his toys to attempt to get revenge on Bruce Wayne.

Toyman

Biography

Toyman faces off against Batman and Superman with his toys and high-tech punching gloves. He ends up knocked out by some bombs during his fight with Batman and Superman. He resembles the Jack Nimball version, but may really be the original Winslow Schott version. He wears a jester costume which is green,red, and yellow, similar to the costume he wore on The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.

Appearances

  • Lost Heroes Pt. 1

Ventriloquist & Scarface

Real name: Arnold Wesker.

The Ventriloquist was a man named Arnold Wesker who often used a dummy dressed like a gangster named Scarface. Wesker suffers from a split personality disorder where he believes that Scarface is alive and often helplessly obeys his puppet's commands. In his first appearance, he built a larger robotic version of Scarface, but was defeated. A later episode had Wesker be cured by having Scarface replaced by a friendlier puppet named Mr. Snoots. After Mr. Snoots and Scarface were both destroyed, it becomes ambiguous as to whether Arnold Wesker is truly reformed or if he's gone back to his old ways. He was last seen with Scarface as one of several villains being assisted by Wrath and Scorn.

Appearances

  • Big Dummy
  • A Fistful of Felt
  • The End of The Batman

Wrath & Scorn

Biography

Real name: William Mallory (Wrath), Andy Mallory (Scorn).

William and Andy Mallory's parents had been jewel thieves who were sent to jail around the same time that Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered. Since then, the younger Mallorys had become friends with Wayne and Dick Grayson. Resenting the Batman's targeting criminals like their parents "just trying to earn a living," they became Wrath and Scorn, an evil analogue of the Bat-team to aid Gotham's villain community. They first appeared to prevent Batman and Robin from catching Penguin and were reported to have helped Killer Croc escape. On the night of Gotham's Million Dollar Fun Ball, a lottery jackpot that the Joker plotted to steal, Wrath and Scorn attacked Batman and Robin so as to allow Joker to get away. Wrath later met with Joker, Penguin, Killer Croc, and the Ventriloquist & Scarface and offered his help to steal money engraving plates that were being delivered. Wrath and Scorn later delayed the police with an explosion when Batman and Robin arrived. Around this time, Batman and Wrath discovered each other's secret identities. When police backup arrived, Wrath and Scorn escaped with the other villains. They found the Batcave and attacked Batman and Robin, and soon started to destroy the Batcave. Batman used one of his utility belt devices to summon bats to help. Wrath and Scorn ended up defeated in the end, but threatened to reveal Batman's and Robin's true identities to every criminal in prison. Just as they were about to be carted off to jail, Joker infected Wrath and Scorn with his laugh gas, asserting that destroying Batman is his job alone. This left them helpless, giggling lunatics and prevented them from getting a chance to reveal Batman and Robin's identities.

Appearances

  • The End of The Batman

See also

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